Infection prevention within VVT

Working hygienically is important to prevent virus outbreaks. This has proven to be extra important during the COVID-19 pandemic for vulnerable people in nursing homes and home care. In long-term care, there is little insight into the benefits (expressed in terms of money, client safety and quality of life) of infection prevention measures. The costs are better visualized as expressed in euros, among other things. This means that an important piece of information, necessary for making organizational choices in the field of infection prevention, is missing. Insight into both the benefits and costs of infection prevention leads to better-considered decisions about the use of (scarce) people and resources. Within this consortium we combine the available expertise from Amphia Hospital, Resizto and Avans University of Applied Sciences to work on concrete outcome measures that will provide insight into the effectiveness of infection prevention within nursing home and home care.